Cyber Resilience At The Board Level: Scott Alldridge On Navigating Today's Digital Risk Landscape

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Richard Jacobs

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4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In today's evolving digital environment, many leaders are facing unprecedented levels of complexity. Cyber threats are escalating, regulatory demands are tightening, and organizations are expected to maintain resilience while embracing innovation. Few people understand this landscape more deeply than Scott Alldridge, CEO of IP Services, President of the IT Process Institute, and author of the globally acclaimed VisibleOps series.

With more than three decades of experience guiding technical and non-technical teams alike, Scott has built a reputation for transforming complicated cybersecurity concepts into clear, actionable strategies. His people-process-technology framework has helped organizations strengthen governance, reduce risk, and build cyber-mature cultures capable of thriving in high-stakes environments.

In this episode, we discuss:

How boards can elevate their cybersecurity oversight.
Why organizations fail at cyber risk management, and how to fix it.
Common misconceptions surrounding cybersecurity maturity.
Scott's strategies for fostering ethical leadership and a security-first culture.

Scott's most recent book, VisibleOps Cybersecurity, is an Amazon Best Seller and continues to influence executives, boards, and cybersecurity professionals around the world. Join us in this conversation as he breaks down the mindset and practices leaders need to stay ahead of current and future threats…

You can connect with Scott and his work on his website!

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🛍️ Recommended Books from this Episode

📖 Visible OPS Cybersecurity: Enhancing Your Cybersecurity Posture with Practical Guidance – A comprehensive guide to strengthening your cybersecurity defenses with practical, actionable steps and strategies.
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📘 Zero Trust Security for Beginners: A No-Fluff Guide to Implementing Zero Trust Architecture Using NIST – A straightforward, no-nonsense guide to understanding and implementing Zero Trust security models for your organization.
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📙 Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers – A riveting investigation into one of the most sophisticated cyberwarfare groups and the global threat they pose.
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📕 Beyond the Algorithm: AI, Security, Privacy, and Ethics – A deep dive into the ethical challenges, security concerns, and privacy implications of AI technologies.
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📗 Ransomware Protection Playbook – A critical resource for organizations looking to protect themselves from ransomware attacks, with practical advice and strategies for prevention and response.
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0:37.5	Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius podcast.
0:41.3	My guest today is Scott Aldrich.
0:42.7	He's the author of Visible Ops on cybersecurity.
0:45.8	We had to talk about cybersecurity and ransomware and AI.
0:48.9	We know and all about great stuff that's going on.
0:50.7	And Scott's been on the front lines of dealing with cyber warfare for many years. We'll go through his background and again, the book in his current work. So welcome, Scott. Yeah. Thanks for having me. I'm excited to be here today. So I appreciate it. I'm excited about our conversation, Richard. Well, good. Tell me a bit about your background. Like what got you into cybersecurity? Yeah. Well, and first I'd like to say, you know, I've been listening to your podcast, great stuff. So I tell everybody, it's well worth the, in the very interesting conversations that you add the dialogue, and go give it a high rating and watch, so it sign up and follow. So thanks for that. Thank you. Yeah, started out with cybersecurity, you know, really as kind of a teampreneur.
1:28.5	A little bit of an age myself, but it was a little bit one of those guys that we kind of had the jocks and the geeks and they were different groups.
1:34.8	And I actually liked computers and tech stuff way back in the 80s.
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